Dionysius Writes: The Invention Of Theatre In Ancient Greece
Author: Wise, Jennifer
Paperback; 6 Drawings 288 pages Published: December 2000 Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801486939
What is the nature of theatre's uneasy alliance with literature? Should theatre be viewed as pre-literate and ritualistic, or grouped with other literary arts as essentially textual. The author of this study reconstructs the historical context from which Western theatre first emerged.

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